My article in The Economic Times June 2013 Edition

Pakistan as an investment case Though Pakistan offers a huge potential for international investors, many companies have lately been pulling their operations out of the country primarily due to security and economic concerns. I would like to shed light on some of the important economic indicators which foreign (both direct and indirect) investors keep their
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Book review: A Plea to the Retail Investors

Bob Rice, author of “The Alternative Answer”, is Managing Partner of Tangent Capital and is known to viewers of Bloomberg TV as their alternative investments editor. Much of The Alternative Answer will convey familiar information to those who have followed the quest for alpha over the years. Those working in investment industry will hardly encounter with any sense of
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Volume spikes in ETFs as Dubai stocks surge

On Thursday, the iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF (FM) rose almost 1.5 percent to hit a new all-time high on volume that was over 30 times the daily average. The iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF was not the only frontier markets fund that was home to some unusual volume Thursday. The WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund (GULF), a more concentrated
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Middle east ETFs: More different than you might think

If there is one region of the world where investors can usually agree on the economic fundamentals, it has to be the Middle East. The area is world-famous for its hydrocarbon prowess, relatively high GDP per capita levels, and as of late, its political volatility as well. Given the immense potential that these countries have,
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